Student-Parent Socialization Study, 1965 (ICPSR 7286)

This data collection contains information on the evolution
of political attitudes and intergenerational influences upon this
process among 1,669 high school seniors and 1,992 parents of these
students in 97 schools in the United States in 1965. Information
collected for student respondents includes attitudes towards school,
family life, political parties, and toward the political process in
general, as well as personal data and plans for the future. Information
obtained from parents includes their views of family life, intrafamily
relations, political history, and the political process. Parents were
also questioned on their attitudes when they were high school students.
Data are also provided on the size and type of school, enrollment
percentage of minority groups, types of activities offered by the
school, tenure systems, religious affiliations of the student body,
and juvenile offenses and dropout percentages. Demographic items
specify age, place of birth, education, occupation, nationality,
religion, social class, and place of residence.

This data collection contains information on the evolution
of political attitudes and intergenerational influences upon this
process among 1,669 high school seniors and 1,992 parents of these
students in 97 schools in the United States in 1965. Information
collected for student respondents includes attitudes towards school,
family life, political parties, and toward the political process in
general, as well as personal data and plans for the future. Information
obtained from parents includes their views of family life, intrafamily
relations, political history, and the political process. Parents were
also questioned on their attitudes when they were high school students.
Data are also provided on the size and type of school, enrollment
percentage of minority groups, types of activities offered by the
school, tenure systems, religious affiliations of the student body,
and juvenile offenses and dropout percentages. Demographic items
specify age, place of birth, education, occupation, nationality,
religion, social class, and place of residence.

Methodology

Sample:
The students interviewed were chosen from a national
probability sample of 97 secondary schools (including 11 non-public
schools) selected with a probability proportionate to their size. The
student sample size is 1,669 and the parent sample size is 1,992. At
least one parent was interviewed for all but 107 of the seniors. The
parent sampling scheme called for one-third to be mothers, one-third
fathers, and one-third both parents. In practice there were more
mothers than fathers and somewhat fewer both parent cases than
specified due to family structure characteristics. The parent and
student samples are matched so that parent-student pairs were formed.

Mode of Data Collection:
face-to-face interview

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release: 1984-03-18

Version History:

2007-01-18 This Student-Parent data collection has
been converted and updated from OSIRIS -- there are 104 more variables
than documented in the original metadata record -- and School
Characteristics dataset has been added. The study now includes SAS,
SPSS, and Stata setup files as well as SAS transport (XPORT), SPSS
portable, and Stata system files for both Student-Parent and School
Characteristics datasets. An updated documentation file is also
available.